Mentor Matching for Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Project Description Narrative:

Peer mentoring programs are a promising strategy for supporting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One challenge for veteran mentoring programs is matching mentors with mentees to create successful outcomes.

This project will create an automatic mentor matching system using quantitative and qualitative factors. With algorithmic approaches, researchers will identify suitable mentor-mentee matches, creating a personalized and effective mentorship experience for veterans. This will positively impact Milwaukee’s veteran community and other regional communities, and eventually, findings will be applied to other counseling contexts.